Helicopter Mom (2015)

I enjoyed it, but I can understand why some people wouldn't.Nia Vardalos character gets a little annoying at times, the character she plays is extremely selfish (not much of a mother if you ask me) and pretty obnoxious.She's basically a reversed homophobe... Like almost heterophobic, her desires to have a gay son can be compared with homophobic parents who tries to 'straighten out' their homosexual children.All done in a very simplified light comedic way of course, but still a different and fairly interesting approach on the subject.And luckily her son played by Jason Dolley is quite the opposite of her character and is likable as our main guy.But the person who shines the most IMO is Mark Boone Jr who plays his ex-prisoner father who's just excellent.So yeah nothing amazing, but more good than bad.

This movie is hysterical!!! Found myself bursting out in laughter at home - so much so that my roommate ended up coming out of her room and watching it with me. Nia is priceless as a single mother trying to keep her son from flying the nest. It's funny and sad and honest and packs a punch that got me and my roommate into a really interesting discussion about high school. I thought the casting was perfect too. Really loved Jason Dolley (never heard of him before watching but would watch other things with him in it) as the young kid and his bf is so cute (and handsome). Mark Boone Jr. was awesome as the dad too - Mg that dinner scene with the young gay guy was so funny!If you're looking for a laugh out loud flick this is it!

There are so many unbelievable and/or boring stories and movies out there about homosexual and bisexual characters that just want to have sex all the time. This movie is a breath of fresh air in that it's about a kid who's just trying to figure it all out. He doesn't know if he's gay or straight, and I think it's a really important message.So many people out there struggle with their identity. I think we need more movies like this to show people that it's okay to not know who you are. All that's important is being true to yourself and that can be really hard.I support any movie that tries to start a conversation about this subject matter. It's not a gay movie, it's an honest movie

I don't know why people are rating this movie so badly.The only reason that people rate movies with 1 or 2 stars is because it made them feel something, WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT! Just because you didn't like it doesn't make it a bad movie! We have all experienced the things this movie talks about: acceptance, love, family, relationships, personal identity. The lead character has to struggle with discovering who he is while juggling college applications, high school drama and worst of all, a neurotic and obsessive mom.It's definitely worth checking out.I really liked it.